Lot 46
  • 46

Schenk, Pieter

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Atlas Contractus sive mapparum geographicarum. Amsterdam, [1706]
  • paper
Folio (525 x 330mm.), engraved allegorical title, engraved contents list headed Atlas Minor listing 50 subjects, and 51 double-page or folding maps by or after Schenk after Sanson, Valk and others, contemporary hand colour, with additional map of Catalonia by Valk (mentioned in manuscript on index page), re-guarded, recent calf in period style, gilt, small hole in title, several maps reinforced on verso due to oxidization of green, some marginal soiling

Literature

Koeman III, Sche 1 & 2

Condition

Small hole in title, several maps reinforced on verso due to oxidization of green, some marginal soiling
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